Tedx Pittsburgh Meetup: GTECH Takeover
2016-02-18 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
This event will be a place for sparking big ideas and to keep the community conversation going with TedxPittsburgh. We will enjoy recorded TED talks together curated by 2015 TedxPittsburgh Speaker, Andrew Butcher of GTECH (check out his talk: Fueling an Upward Spiral of Community Health). Followed with a group discussion to explore new connections and ideas on sustainability and community development for our region.

Audience: TedxPittsburgh Networks, GTECH’s Social Capital Council and Networks, Environmentally and Community Minded Individuals, and any curious minds interested in attending. We ask that you please RSVP by registering below.

About:
C-Leveled
A special amalgam of incubator, accelerator, technology and business advisor plus a full-service, in-house marketing department, we are a band of successful entrepreneurs, creatives and techies who have collectively founded, operated and profitably sold more than 25 businesses. Their aim is to help companies reach the highest level of achievement in the shortest amount of time. From our elevated point of view, they provide that 360° degree perspective that is so vital in business today. And then act on it.

GTECH
Growth Through Energy and Community Health (GTECH) works with people to transition land use liabilities into community assets and improve the economic, social, and environmental health of our communities. In 2015 GTECH CEO Andrew Butcher was a TedxPittsburgh Speaker on Fueling an Upward Spiral of Community Health).
TedxPittsburgh
Pittsburgh’s platform for showcasing the ideas, individuals and innovations that are redefining the Steel City. TEDx Pittsburgh is an independently organized, community based version of the larger TED-experience. Planned and coordinated by an all volunteer team, TEDx showcases transformative and thought-provoking ideas on the local level. Their annual TEDx Pittsburgh Conference has showcased multiple, local initiatives aimed at sharing transformative ideas.

Creative Mornings: Saleem Ghubril
2016-02-19 08:30 - 10:00 | Repair the World, 6022 Broad Street, Pittsburgh, 15206, United States
Join CreativeMornings for a free breakfast lecture given by Saleem Ghubril, Executive Director of The Pittsburgh Promise.
Saleem Ghubril is a committed and passionate advocate for children and for the City of Pittsburgh. An ordained Presbyterian minister, he has devoted his life to serving the people of his community through outreach and education programs. In 1985, Saleem founded The Pittsburgh Project, a community development organization that annually provides free home renovations to hundreds of vulnerable seniors, and mentors, educates, and deploys thousands of volunteer youth in meaningful community service initiatives. Saleem led The Pittsburgh Project until 2008, when he assumed the leadership of The Pittsburgh Promise. The Pittsburgh Promise is a regional economic and workforce development entity that focuses on transforming the quality of education and life in the City of Pittsburgh, and making higher education a reality for all of Pittsburgh’s urban youth. He is currently the volunteer pastor of the Mosaic Community Church in Pittsburgh. He also serves on the boards of The Buhl Foundation, Vibrant Pittsburgh, and the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh.
For more information and to register, click here.

Urban Agriculture Workshop
2016-02-23 18:00 - 20:00 | Black Forge Coffee House, 1206 Arlington Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15210, United States
Come hear from Shelly Danko+Day from the City of Pittsburgh present about the Urban Agriculture Zoning Code and the Adopt-A-Lot program, and learn about preparing for gardening in Spring 2016. Shelly will review the rules for growing food, selling food and using vacant lots for garden projects!
All residents, nonprofits, community groups and community members across all 11 Hilltop neighborhoods are encouraged to attend (Mt. Washington, Beltzhoover, Allentown, Arlington, Arlington Heights, Carrick, Mt. Oliver City, Mt. Oliver Borough, St. Clair, Bon Air, South Side Slopes & Knoxville)!!
FREE SEEDS will be handed out at registration, along with information about Seed Starting and Spring Planting Guides!

90.5 WESA Community Listening Session: Hazelwood, Greenfield, Glen Hazel
2016-02-25 18:00 - 20:00 | Carnegie Library of Hazelwood, 5006 Second Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15207, United States
Join 90.5 WESA at the Carnegie Library Hazelwood branch on Thursday, February 25 at 6pm for a Community Listening Session. If you live and/or work in Hazelwoood, Greenfield or Glen Hazel, what are your concerns, challenges, opportunities? What are the things your community celebrates? Share YOUR stories with your community! Refreshments will be served. This event will be recorded for archival purposes, not for broadcast. For more information and to register, click here.

Property Data User Group
2016-03-03 14:00 - 16:00 | East Liberty Carnegie Library, 130 S. Whitfield St., Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Join Neighborhood Allies for a Property Data User Group meeting on March 3. Data User Group meetings provide a space for shared, topical conversation about data. User Group meetings are open to all, and provide data users with infrastructure to build relationships with one another, share what they’ve learned about data, contribute to Data User Guides, identify opportunities to adopt data standards and improve data quality, discuss new data publication priorities, and collaborate on new projects.
Here are a few discussion questions to get you prepared for the conversation:

How have you used property data in your work, and what ideas do you have for using property data?
What are the datasets you use most-often?
Which datasets are at the top of your wish-list?
Are there things you find most-difficult about using property data?
What are your favorite tools for using data? What would you most like to learn?
How can data help you answer questions about your community?

For more information and to RSVP, click here.

Can You Dig This Film Screening & Panel Discussion
2016-03-05 14:00 - 17:00 | Property Data User Group, PA
Join Grow Pittsburgh, Hill House Association and Black Urban Gardeners and Farmers of Pittsburgh Co-Operative for the Pittsburgh premiere of Can You Dig This, part of Hill House Association’s 28! Days.
Can You Dig This follows the inspirational journeys of four unlikely gardeners, discovering what happens when they put their hands in the soil. This is not a story of science and economics. This is a story of the human spirit, inspiring people everywhere to pick up their shovels. Featuring Ron Finely and executive produced by John Legend.
Following the film will be a panel discussion featuring members of the Black Urban Gardeners and Farmers of Pittsburgh Co-Operative. Doors open at 1:30 and the film will start promptly at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are a suggested $10 donation. No advance sales; tickets will be sold at the door only. Cash and credit cards accepted. There is explicit language, and childcare will be provided. Learn more on Grow Pittsburgh’s website here.

Livability Solutions Green Infrastructure Workshop
2016-03-07 10:00 - 14:00 | The Pittsburgh Project, 2801 N Charles St, Pittsburgh, PA, 15214, United States
The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) has developed a way for communities to cost-effectively scale up green infrastructure in developed urban areas as well as a tool that quantifies co-benefits of green infrastructure. Join GTECH and One Northside for a technical workshop on Green Infrastructure Tools presented by Hal Sprague, Water Policy Manager at CNT. Topics will include how to cost-effectively scale up green infrastructure with the Green Portfolio Standard and quantify co-benefits of green infrastructure with the Green Infrastructure Valuation Guide, a broad analysis that is the first to place an economic value on the numerous benefits provided by green infrastructure.
Audience: Non-profits, public agencies, municipalities, community groups, and anyone else that is interested in green stormwater infrastructure.
Cost: Free. Lunch will be provided
Sponsored By:

With additional assistance provided by CNT with grant support to the Project for Public Spaces from US EPA’s Office of Sustainable Communities under their Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities Program.
Please register for the event here. Contact Sarah at s.koenig@gtechstrategies.org for more information.

Going There in Pittsburgh: Reinventing the American City
2016-03-08 19:00 - 22:00 | August Wilson Center for African-American Culture, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
NPR’s Michel Martin, weekend host of All Things Considered, will be at the August Wilson Center for African-American Culture to host Michel Martin: Going There—Reinventing the American City, a conversation about transformative growth in Pittsburgh, on Tuesday, March 8th at 7pm. This dynamic event will combine discussion with art and performance that explores Pittsburgh’s evolution as a new American city. NPR and 90.5 WESA have partnered to create this live stage conversation as part of the national touring series NPR Presents Michel Martin: Going There. For tickets and additional information, click here.

Blight Workshop with Allegheny Cleanways
2016-03-09 18:00 - 19:30 | Allegheny Cleanways, 33 Terminal Way, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219, United States
Join Nine Mile Run to discuss resources and support available from the city, county, Urban EcoStewards partners and beyond to help tackle blight on public land. For more information, visit Nine Mile Run’s website here. Register to attend on the UES event page.

Adopt-A-Lot Information Session
2016-03-15 18:00 - 19:30 | Homewood Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 7101 Hamilton Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15208, United States
The Department of City Planning and the Office of Community Affairs is hosting an Adopt-A-Lot information session for the communities of Homewood, East Hills, Garfield, East Liberty, Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar and Larimer. These neighborhoods have some of the highest concentrations of vacant lots. The Department of City Planning has revamped the process for adopting a lot, and they would like to share that process with you.

Affordable Housing Task Force Deliberative Forum – South Side
2016-03-15 18:00 - 20:30 | Lifespan Knoxville Resource Center, 320 Brownsville Rd., Pittsburgh, PA, 15210, United States
The City of Pittsburgh is hosting four Deliberative Forums on the Affordable Housing Task Force’s mission to provide a more robust way for community members to give feedback to city officials and Task Force members.
Modeled after the highly successful Police Chief and Capital Budget public meetings, these new forums will give neighbors a chance to learn about the work of the Affordable Housing Task Force. The forums will also provide an opportunity for the community to provide input on affordable housing issues, specifically relating to policies, programs or initiatives designed to increase the supply of affordable housing in the City of Pittsburgh.
Each forum will include:

A brief overview of the Affordable Housing Task Force and Affordable Housing in Pittsburgh

Small group discussions of priorities recommended by the task force

Q&A opportunities with the panel members

All forums contain the same presented content, and are open to every resident of the City of Pittsburgh. Families are encouraged to attend and participate. For more information and to register, click here.

Affordable Housing Task Force Deliberative Forum – North Side
2016-03-23 18:00 - 20:30 | Letter Carrier’s Union Hall, 841 California Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15212, United States

Growler Hour with ioby
2016-03-24 18:00 - 19:30 | East End Brewery, 147 Julius St, Pittsburgh, 15206
ioby believes that it should be easy to make meaningful change “in our backyards” – the positive opposite of the “not in my back yard” mentality called NIMBY. To do this ioby has designed a crowd-resourcing platform that mobilizes neighbors who have good ideas to become powerful citizen leaders who make positive change in their own communities. GTECH and The Sprout Fund have been partnering with ioby to support innovative and creative projects that focus on current issues and challenges affecting local communities. We invite you to experience these local projects and learn how ioby’s unique platform and their concept of crowd-resourcing helped drive these projects to success to make our neighborhoods safer, greener, more livable and more fun.
Join GTECH and The Sprout Fund to meet ioby Founder and CEO, Erin Barnes and the local citizen leaders who have implemented great ideas one block at a time with ioby. Enjoy growlers of local beer as you learn why ioby chose Pittsburgh to open their next office in Spring 2016 and their plans for growing positive neighbor-led change locally. This is a public event for non-profits, public agencies, municipalities, community groups and individuals that are interested in connecting their ideas with the crowdfunding resources to make it happen.
Arrive starting at 6 pm to grab one of East End Brewing Company’s beers and tacos from La Palapa’s food truck. Remarks introducing Erin Barnes, Founder and CEO of ioby begin at 6:30 pm inside the taproom.
The event is free to attend, but we ask that you please register to help us connect with you for the event.

Mapping 101 with ArcGIS
2016-03-24 18:30 - 20:30 | Grounded Strategies’ Office, 6587 Hamilton Ave., Pittsburgh, 15206, United States
Join GTECH Strategies for a ten-week course to learn the basics of GIS technologies (Geographic Information Systems), with a focus on the industry-standard ArcGIS platform by ESRI. Classes will be held every Thursday from 6:30-8:30pm at GTECH’s office. The course runs from March 24 through May 26. We will utilize lecture, hands on tutorials in the program, readings and application with a Community Project and Partner.
As for course goals, we will be covering:

Introduction to GIS
Finding, Downloading, Cleaning Data
File Geodatabases
GIS Outputs
Map Design
Spatial Data
Geoprocessing
Spatial Analysis

To sign up for the course, click here. To learn more about the importance and power of mapping, check out our blog here.

Affordable Housing Task Force Deliberative Forum – East End
2016-03-29 18:00 - 20:30 | Kingsley Association, 6435 Frankstown Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States

Union Project Creative Conversation Series
2016-03-31 18:30 - 20:00 | Union Project, 801 N Negley Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Join Union Project on Thursday, March 31, for the launch of their new Creative Conversation Series. Rooted in their annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration, the Creative Conversation will be facilitated by community leaders Aerion Abney and Jay Oriola, guiding participants in important conversations around agape love, finding and defining community and inclusion. Through the series, they hope to grow people’s capacity to address issues of inequity in our community.
Each conversation will be shaped by those participating in this open format. We will share our unique perspectives, hopes and concerns – and then help challenge one another to take action in our lives to create positive change. For more information, click here.

Annual Women & Biking Forum
2016-04-02 09:30 - 15:30 | William Pitt Union, 3959 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, United States
Join BikePGH and women from throughout the region at the 3rd Annual Women & Biking Forum! Register today to participate in a great day of meeting other women and trans identified people who bike (or are bike-curious). Whether you are interested in learning the basics of bike mechanics and methods to access athletic bike events, talking about biking with friends or coworkers, getting around town comfortably and confidently or becoming a stronger advocate for safe cycling, there will be a workshop for you! The day will end with an optional, low-key bike ride, further establishing the great community built during the forum.
For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.

Sustainability Weekend 2016
2016-04-02 10:00 - 17:30 | Carnegie Mellon University Cohon University Center, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15221, United States
CMU Sustainable Earth is proud to present Sustainability Weekend 2016, Carnegie Mellon’s inaugural sustainability-focused conference, taking place on campus from March 31 to April 3. The vast majority of programming will be on Saturday, April 2.
Environmentalism often gets a bad rap. While some stereotypes are based off of fact (others less so), in 2016 we want to be thinking about environmentalism in the larger context of sustainability. In organizing Sustainability Weekend, the goal is to pique your interest and show you this larger context. Sustainability is holistic: it is political, personal, economic and social. It can dialogue with everything from urban planning to the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Come learn, network and have fun!
Doors open at 9:00am. For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.

St. John's Green Community Conversation
2016-04-02 14:00 - 16:00 | Open, grassy area at St. John’s, 3336 Fleming Avenue, Pittsburgh
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) owns a large vacant lot in the Brighton Heights neighborhood called St. John’s Green. GTECH is working with the URA to collect residents of Brighton Heights ideas for what kind of greenspace they would like to see on the site. Since the Fall GTECH has been collecting input from residents to inform two site plans for St. John’s. Please join us on April 2nd for our final planning event to hear updates on the project, speak with neighbors and partnering organizations and provide your feedback and input on the proposed designs. Snacks and refreshments will be provided!

South Side Spring Social
2016-04-02 17:00 - 21:00 | Steel Cactus, 1831 East Carson Street, Pittsburgh , 15203, United States
Join our ReClaim Ambassador, Jamie, as he co-hosts the South Side Spring Social this saturday from 5PM-9PM at the Steel Cactus. Get tickets online, at the South Side Library, at the South Side Chamber of Commerce or at the door!
Enjoy music, food, cash bar, and neighborly celebrations! Tickets are $15 (21+ event)
Music, food, cash bar, meet your neighbors,

Affordable Housing Task Force Deliberative Forum – Hill District
2016-04-05 18:00 - 20:30 | Hill House Association, 1835 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219, United States

Fuel Up Homewood
2016-04-14 18:00 - 19:30 | 7800 Susquehanna St., Pittsburgh, PA, 15208, United States
Come celebrate Homewood and enjoy an agenda-free dinner! Take a seat next to your neighbors on Thursday, April 14th as the Steel City Road Runners, who are training to run in the Pittsburgh Marathon, serve a delicious meal. Help honor Homewood residents who are gearing up to run in the Marathon, get to know some new friendly faces and take an opportunity to reflect upon Homewood’s vibrancy and rich history with the people who know it best.

To learn more and to register for the dinner, click here.

Volunteer Day at the Welcome Corner
2016-04-15 13:00 - 17:00, 2016-04-17 13:00 - 17:00 | A Place for Moms – Welcome Corner, Perryville Ave and Perryview St. , Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Last year ReClaim Northside Ambassador Cynthia Mendoza transformed a lonely vacant lot in Observatory Hill into a lovely space called A Place for Moms: Welcome Corner. This year, she’s looking to add more to the project. She hopes to add some garden beds, put more plants in the ground, and complete some pathways through the site.
Are you willing to help? Fill out this form and we will get back to you ASAP.

URA Vacant Lot Maintenance Program Meeting - South
2016-04-18 18:00 - 20:00
To register, click here.

Green Playces: Wilkinsburg Design Charrette
2016-04-19 11:00 - 12:15 | Hosanna House, 807 Wallace Ave., Wilkinsburg, PA, 15221, United States
Help GTECH build an outdoor classroom on a vacant lot next to Hosanna House.
If interested in attending please contact Ian Brown, Project Manager at GTECH Strategies, i.brown@gtechstrategies.org.

URA Vacant Lot Maintenance Program Meeting - East
2016-04-19 18:00 - 20:00

URA Vacant Lot Maintenance Program Meeting - West
2016-04-20 19:00 - 21:00

Pittsburgh Green Drinks
2016-04-22 17:00 - 20:00 | Energy Innovation Center, 1435 Bedford Avenue, Floor 1, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Volunteer to Redd Up Homewood
2016-04-23 08:00 - 12:00
Meet back up with the folks you met at the dinner to take part in Operation Better Block’s semi annual ‘Redd-Up’! Join in vacant lot cleanup, landscaping, beautification and neighborhood cleanup efforts throughout the neighborhood. This is a great way to serve your neighborhood and be part of a visible change in Homewood. Gloves, bags and tools will be provided for cleanup activities as well as light refreshments for volunteers who RSVP.
Registration will be at 8:00 am at the YMCA Basketball Court. For more information and to RSVP for the event, click here.
